Patrick ryan



(NQ Model.)

P. RYAN.

GAR COUPLING. No. 803,054. Patented Aug. 5, 1884.

WITNESSES: INVENTOR I f BY v ATTORNEYS. v

UNITED STATES 'ATEN'I PATRICK RYAN,

TO ROBERT COULSON, OF SAME PLACE.

CAR-COUPLING.

QPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 303,054, dated August5, 1884.

Application tiled May 24, 188 1. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PATRICK RYAN, of Guelph, Province of Ontario,Canada, have invented a new and Improved CarOoupling,

5 of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

This invention consists in the combination, with a draw-head, ofacoupling-hook pivoted in the same, and a transverse bar held under thedraw-head and connected with a bar having the outer end pivoted to thecar and the inner end pivoted to the transverse bar, the inner end ofthe pivoted bar being connected with a spring for pulling or pressing itup- I 5 ward, and pressing the coupling-hook up into the draw-head.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l. is a longitddinal sectional elevation of my improvedcar-coupling, two cars being shown coupled. Fig. 2 is an end View of thesame, and Fig. 3 is a plan view of the under side of the same.

In the inner end of the draw-head A the forked front end, B, of thespindle O is held, which passes through the inner end crosspiece of thedraw-head and through two plates, D, on the under side of the car, andwhich spindle is surrounded by'a spiral spring, E,

between the plates 1). The draw-head A is held in place bysupporting-clips F, secured to the bottom edges of beams G, betweenwhich the draw-head is located. In the fork B of the spindle O the innerend of a vertically-swinging couplinglink H is pivoted, and

on the inner surfaces of the sides of the draw head guide-lugs J areformed, between the in- 40 nor edges of which the coupling-hook'passes.The drawhead is provided in its top with a slot, I, for the prong ofthehook H. A bar, K, has one end pivoted to a shackle or clip, K, on oneside of the end of the car, and its free inner end is pivoted to atransverse bar, L, under the draw-head. A spring, M, secured to thebottom of the car, projectstoward the end of the same, and its free endis connectedby a link, M, with the middle of the bar K. The ends of thebar L rest againstthe shoulders or clips K on the end of the car.

On that end of the bar L opposite the one at which the bar K is locatedthe free end of a lever, N, is held, which is pivoted to the bottoin ofthe car, and extends toward the end of 5 5 the same, and from the freeend of the lever N a rod, 0, extends upward, which is guided on the endof the car. The coupling-hook H isprovided at its free endwith a lug, P,on each side for supporting the link It.

The operation is as follows: Il'a link is held in one draw-head and thedraw-heads come together, the entering link forces down the prong of thecoupling-hook in the tl1'dW-llCLd, which it enters, and then passes overthe prong and catches on the same, whereby the cars are coupledautomatically. As the coupling-hook is pressed down, it presses down thebar L, and when the link has passed the hook the spring Mforces the barL upward. If the cars are to be uncoupled, either end of the bar L ispressed downward, thus permitting the coupling-hook to drop, whereby thelink is released. If one end of the bar L is pressed down the other endrestsagainst the opposite shackle, K, and as soon asthe bar L isreleased it is thrown up by the spring M. The bar L can be moveddownward from the carplatform by means of the red O. The drawhead mustbe open on the bottom, or provided with a longitudinal slot, to permitthe coupling-hook to swing down.

The abovedescribed car-coupling can be used on freight or passengercars. The drawheads are in no way fastened to the levers for uncoupling,and thus if the draw-heads come in contact or strike together theycannot break or bend the levers or like parts,

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. In a car-coupling, the combination, with adraw-head, of a coupling-hook pivoted in the same, a transverse bar heldunder the drawhead, a bar pivoted to the middle of said bar, and of aspring for pressing the bars upward, substantially as herein shown anddescribed.

2. In a car-coupling, the coinbination,with the draw-head A, of thepivoted couplinghook II in the same, the bar K, pivoted to the car, thetransverse bar L, pivoted to the inner [00 end of the bar K, the springM. on the bottom of the car, and of the link M, connecting the free endof the lever K with the spring M, 4. The G01nbinati0n,with the draw-headA, substantially as herein shown and described. of thespindle 0, havingaforked end, B,within 3. In a car-coupling, the combination, with thedraw-head, the coupling-hook H, pivoted I 5 the draw-head A, of thepivoted couplingin the fork B, and the spring E, surrounding 5 hook H inthe same, the transverse bur L unthe spindle G, substantially as hereinshown der the draw-head, a spring, M, for pressing and described.it'against the under side of the draw-head, the lever N, pivoted to theunder side of the our, I PATRICK RYAN, and connected with the bar L, andof the rod IO 0, extending upward from the free end of the WVitnesses:

lever N, substantiahyas herein shown and de- ARC. H. MACDONALD, scribed.t J. E. MERLsHAw.

